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Mopar® Original Parts

Only professional, certified operatives can service your vehicle and hand it back to you preserving the same quality standards as the day it left the factory. Genuine or equivalent spare parts are designed to guarantee the best in the matter of reliability, comfort and efficiency for you and your car.

Beware of counterfeit spare parts, which are often of low quality and may cause damage to your vehicle and yourself.

BRAKES

The combination of Brakes, shock absorbers and tyres together form a safety triangle. Their effectiveness guarantees your car optimal braking response in an emergency.

To travel safely, you must check your entire car braking system components regularly for signs of wear. The brake pedal, the pump, the pipes and brake fluid, the pads, disks or brake shoes and drums for drum brakes: these are the braking system’s main components, designed to guarantee a maximum level of safety for you and those on board with you, but also for other cars and pedestrians you share the road with.

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When you brake, the first thing to be involved is the pedal. The whole process starts with the pressure you apply with your foot. Depending on your actions, you can lower the moving speed, keep it steady when you are descending, or stop completely.At that moment, your brake pedal works by closing the callipers to press the disc pads and widening the shoes to push them against the drums. All this on your car’s four wheels. In order to offer comfort and safety in these interventions, our pedals are made with maximum respect for ergonomic standards.

In all cars equipped with a hydraulic braking system, the brake pump works to ensure you the right braking at the right time. Technically called the master cylinder, this component can convert applied physical pressure on the brake pedal into hydraulic pressure. When you press on the pedal, the brake power increases the energy used so much that the force produced is about 100 times greater than the one you made.

Disc brakes are made of two basic components: pads and discs. An essential duo, tested on every vehicle, for optimum response in ordinary and emergency braking.

Firstly, positioned within a calliper system, consisting of the disc while you brake, creating the friction you need to slow down or stop the car.The second, 100% checked and balanced with the utmost precision, improve braking distances and guarantee safety and reliability over time.

All our spare parts are marked with codes to ensure you of their full traceability.

The heart of the drum brake consists of a rotating cylinder, the drum, and of one or more strips made from friction material called shoes. The brake holder plate has one or two hydraulic cylinders equipped with pistons. When braking, the brake pump pushes the hydraulic fluid towards the cylinders, moving the pistons that push the shoes against the drum surface, thus causing deceleration and wheel stoppage.

The flexible hoses that connect the brake pump with the callipers or drums send the hydraulic pressure to pads or shoes, letting you slow down or stop your car. Subject to strong dynamic requests, they guarantee that your braking system works properly even in extreme conditions because they can resist bending and lengthening, oil, fuel, other environmental influences and strong thermal changes. A loss of brake fluid can have an impact effectiveness. This can happen when these brake hoses are worn or show sign of leakage. We would like to remind you to have them inspected regularly, at least every 2 years. A brake hose that is too old can result in a dangerously higher braking distance to that needed to avoid collisions.

In order to protect your braking system’s components, brake fluid plays a fundamental role because the brake’s operation itself depends on this element.So checking brake fluid regularly becomes quite important.

The brake fluid in fact has to resist boiling so steam bubbles don’t form in the system. It must exact viscosity index so the system functions even at low temperatures. It must be capable of absorbing humidity that enters into the braking system and be able to lubricate to keep rust from forming in the system. As a recommendation, we advise you to replace brake fluid according to the service schedule indicated (every 2 years). Recommended products for our car models are, Petronas Tutela Brake Fluid TOP4, designed to ensure the most extreme safety standards.

DID YOU KNOW THAT...?

When you want to stop, first react, then brake

The result of braking depends on lots of factors. Braking distance is how far you go from when you realise the danger when you stop. The result is the sum total of the reaction distance and the braking distance. First react to the danger and brake immediately after. The faster you are going, the more space you’ll cover during the normal reaction time. Another influential element is the condition of the road cover: on a wet surface for example the braking distance is lengthened by 25-30%.Lastly, keep in mind your braking system’s effectiveness: in the unfavourable weather conditions, your risk is greater than in any situation.To stop your car, first of all you need to react, then brake.

The end of a disc brake's lifespan is marked by the MinTh

This applies to your braking system’s discs. Relative every car model and the discs, the manufacturer defines a minimum thickness below which you always need to replace discs. This minimum thickness called MinTh, Minimum Thickness, and printed on the disc edge, is a warning signal. If you have reached the minimum level marked, the brake disc is no longer capable of braking in the same stopping distances that you would have if they were efficient.

The safety belt is an integrated part of your braking system

There are things you always need to remember. One being always buckling up your seat belt because this increases your survival probability 10 times in case of an accident. Perhaps you don’t know that to stop your body at a speed of 30 km/h, you need about the same force as what it would take to lift your body weight, multiplied by 20. Not even a trained athlete would be able to hold such an amount of energy. The seat belt can!

Your braking system’s health is closely linked to yours

In order to always drive safely, we advise you to regularly check the condition of your pads and discs. For example, taking advantage of seasonal check ups. You also have to periodically check the condition of pads because if they are used up, they can damage your discs. Always replace the rear pads together with the front for optimum braking. Remember too that each year you need to inspect the disc brake skids. You can see an Authorised Dealership and ask for our original spare parts, which maintain the same effectiveness as the factory fitted components.

SELF-EVALUATION

Very noticeable noiseThe braking system wears out slowly and progressively. When it has reached its limit, noticeable signs, such as persistent noise when braking. In this case, we advise you to check them as soon as possible at an Authorised Dealership.

Pedal vibrationWhen you press the brake pedal you might experience a strong vibration. This happens especially when braking for a long period. This is a sign that a few sytem components are worn.

Longer braking distanceIf you notice that the distance has increased when you brake, it is an indication of a malfunction in the system. To avoid putting your safety and that of the people on board, check your brakes right away at an Authorised Dealership.

Tendency to driftIf your car tends to pull to the left or right when braking, this is a sign of system malfunction. One or more worn out components cannot stick to the desired trajectory.

Pedal does not respondIf you have to press the brake pedal repeatedly due to a delayed response of your car. This is a seriously alarming warning and check the braking system immediately.

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